Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 22, 1952, Winnipeg, Manitoba Final edition vol. 59 no. 281 28 pages Winnipeg sunny with a few Cloudy periods today and tomorrow. Scattered thundershowers j tonight. Continuing warm. Winds southerly 15 to Morrow. Low tonight High tomorrow 55 and 85. Price by Carrier 30 cents per week Winnipeg Friday August 22, 1952 1 la forecast fair and warm West patient neglected jury finds says no qualified my attended victim of cancer a Coroner s jury thursday found that a cancer patient had lain for three Days in a Winnipeg convalescent Home in urgent need of medical attention and that no qualified doctor was called. The jury said John Yurkowski 67, 787 Sherbrook Street had died a natural death in the convalescent Hospital at Jessie Avenue. He died aug. 13 at 2.45 . due to lung As an indirect result of a Ray treat i ment for cancer of the lung thei jury said. 1 or. Athol Gordon Coroner com mended the jury on its admirable i restraint in returning the verdict1 and added that a lengthy rider added by the jury pointed the Way to establishment of a policy. Need urgent after stating that or. Yurkowski in urgent need of medical attention from Aue. 10 to 12 and that no qualified doctor had been procured the jury added several recommendations. The verdict said we wish to recommend that in future when a condition shows any appreciable Sims of worsening the nurse in Charpe should immediately Contact a qualified doctor to attend and treat the patient and should not be satisfied until such a doctor attends. This statement applies particularly to a convalescent we the jury further recommend that in future when a patient is placed for care in any convalescent Hospital including the convalescent Hospital at 676 Jessie by any Hospital or by the Manitoba government or by the convalescent Hospital itself and particularly when the patient is not under the care of his or her personal physician a qualified medical doctor from the relative committing source should be delegated by same unchained electric horses on Call at All times for the treatment of their respective while the convalescent Hospital see inquest Page 12 tic demands immigration restrictions National health scheme must be executive told a three pronged Federal govern ment immigration policy to prevent Canadian workers losing their jobs to foreign personnel was asked see stories on Page 7. Friday by the trades and labor Congress convention. The Congress meeting in the civic auditorium urged the gov this free press air photo shows White mud Falls on the Nelson River the largest potential Power producer in the Northern part of Manitoba. Provincial government water engineers have estimated that a Power site in this Vicinity would produce horsepower with a 40-foot head of water. This work of five men for three cents if electricity does it As Mankind s cheapest ser vant electricity is hard to beat. Here is a comparison drawn during the Mcarthur Falls Field trip Friday by d. M. Steph ens and j. W. Sanger of the Manitoba Hydro elec tric Board one kilowatt hour of electrical Power costs the con Sumer three cents. It provides enough Energy to lift 22 tons 60 feet High or the equivalent of five men s work in one Day. Site 65 air Miles North of Norway House was first surveyed by the Federal government about 30 years ago. The water re sources Branch now have a 50-Man party in the area investigating the possibility of raising the head to 50 feet or better to boost capacity. Disaster s still mystery jury lays no blame in Lac Dubonnet inquiry an open verdict was returned thursday night by a Coroner s jury inquiring into the deaths of seven men who lost their lives july 21 when their Manitoba government air services Norseman crashed about 200 Miles North of Winnipeg in spongy Muskeg. Death was ruled As the inquest was held at Lac Dubonnet under or. L. G. Gunne District Coroner. About 15 testified. The plane crashed near Many Bays about 25 Miles North of Ber ens while on a. Flight from Lac Dubonnet to Norway House. Aboard Russell c. Percy 34, of Lac Dubonnet Pilot of the 11-fated Craft John a Horsburgh 32, of 333 Harrow Street Engineer n the water resources Branch Arthur g. Hanson 34, of 761 Kath Gar Avenue Engineer in the water re Souires Branch Robert Fred Erickson 35, of 908 Talbot Avenue photographer tourist and publicity Branch m. T. Madden Ste. 12, 351 liver Avenue chief inspector Man Toba government liquor control commission Frank East of 291 Beaverbrook Street craftsman Waer resources Board and Allan w. In Eden wedding no favors asked Churchill London Reuters prime minister Churchill s office today denied that he had urged High Church of England authorities to permit his Niece Clarissa Churchill to be married to for eign Secretary Anthony Eden at a religious ceremony. There was no question of the prior. Minister pressing the archbishop of Canterbury to take any action not in accordance with the principles of the said John Colville Churchill s private Secretary the Church of England docs not permit its service to be used for the marriage of divorced persons. Eden was divorced two years ago. He married miss Churchill in a registry office last week. Yesterday a Small London weekly the recorder claimed that Churchill had asked the archbishop or. Geoffrey Fisher to permit a Church wedding but was turned Down. Report puts missing Man in w Kildonan ramp probe 2 leads As Hunt reaches third Day two from West Kil Donan and one from Elkhorn mar. A missing Portage la Prairie boys Home supervisor had been seen were being investigated by . Friday. It was the third Day of the search for James Mcconnell a supervisor at the Manitoba Home for boys who has been missing since Dawn wednesday when he left his Home at 62 fifth Street Portage for work. Latest report came thursday Nelson Plant needed by 60 experts say Stephens Sanger View Mcarthur Falls project Manitoba s expanding Power con sumption will demand a generating Plant on the Nelson River by 195s or 1950 at the latest d. M. Stephens chairman and j. W. San Ger member of the Manitoba Hydro electric Board said thurs Day. On a Field trip to the new Mcarthur Falls Power project accompanied by d. A. Thompson Board member and j. R. Rettie projects Engineer the two men said the Mcarthur Falls development generating horsepower will about equal the increase in con sumption from 1930 to 1951. With the water flow tapering of last Winter the Winnipeg electric company began buying Power in december from the Pine Falls Plant which it operates. The company took output from two units one third of total out put on an As required basis at a Price of .85 Mills per kilowatt hour or about per horse Dower year. Bickering continues now while the Mcarthur Falls project gains momentum and Dic Kering continues Over Power poli cies the Board is planning a steam Plant for Brandon with two units Ein ment to operation by 1956. Screen Canadian unemployed a site has been acquired to see if any were available to fill s be n ac1uired positions open before allowing for eign personnel to work in the country in any restrict All immigration in the Winter and off season months. Create an immigration com Mission with equal representation from labor management and the government to allow closer co operation of the department of labor with employer and Trade unions. The Congress also requested the see tic meet Page 12 Congress puts full executive Back in office Percy r. Bengough Veteran la Bor Leader was unanimously re elected president o the trades and labor Congress of Canada thursday afternoon at the 67th annual convention of the member body. Delegates stood and cheered As Gordon gushing general Secre tary marked the ballot of acclamation and placed it in the ballot Box. Or. Bengough a machinist was of elected for the eleventh consecutive year. He has served on the con Gress executive for 20 years Start ing in 1932 As vice president. Visibly moved rising to thank delegates for is leadership of the largest single Central labor body in Canada or. Bengough visibly moved promised to carry out the duties and Bear the responsibility of the office for the greater achievement of the organization and the Honor of the . Bengough who is a member of such National organizations As the National Uncil of the can Adian red Cross and is unemployment advisor to the unemployment insurance commission was recently appointed chairman of the i see Bengough Page 7 curfew Aims to stamp out secret sect Nairobi Kenya government thursday ordered a curfew in two african areas of North Kenya in. A move against intr t r 11h.uuh the illegal Mau a Primi Jon resale. The company contended live secret sect sworn to Chas Appeal Board rules autos tax free sask. Case May have wide ramifications in retail Trade by Shane Aback a the in come thursday that sold in 1949 by Regent motors of Prince Albert were not subject to corporation income tax. Because it bears on car Deal ers tax privileges on. Cars used by executives the Case May have wide ramifications in the retail Auto a i 111 Trade. The two cars were used by the company s president and parts Man Ager for servicing and visiting the territory covered by the company s Chrysler corporation franchise. The National Revenue department id ruled they were part of the company s inventory and therefore a Hunting we will go for six foot snakes cute jul Island Korea Nyht a group of anti communist . S asked their commander for permission to so Snake Hunting. The commander asked. We will use the Snake skins As Heads for our Drums and the spokesman said. Their custodian went out with them on the fissured lava Flats. The .s caught five to six foot Lonj snakes by the Tail and snapped them like buggy whips breaking the spine just behind the head. Then they used the skins to make their musical instruments. Mclellan 34, of 145 Kildonan ave be inspector Manitoba govern a Man called . And Lent liquor control commission. Salci he Hati seen or. Mcconnell at to be strongly organized in the Nyeri and districts where the cur be w has been imposed. To meet the new wave of Vio Lence Kenja s police Force is to be increased immediately by nearly men of the Kenya regiment in Camp 10 Miles from Here drove Vith fixed rifles and machine guns through african Sec ions of the City wednesday to show Jie population they Are ready to support Law and order. Royal plans postponed London ,.to have some members of the japanese Royal family attend the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth next year have Een dropped at least temporarily British resentment Over Jie jailing of two British sailors at Kobe for robbery an informed source said Here. Panel to meet on reopening of schools the question of delaying the opening of any schools in Mani Toba due to the outbreak of polio myelitis in Manitoba will be Dis cussed at a special meeting of the technical advisory. Committee scheduled for Friday. Or. d. Adamson committee chairman Friday declined to com ment on reports from Yorkton sask., that opening dates for schools there had been delayed from aug. 28 to sept 15. Winnipeg schools Are slated to open sept. 2. Meanwhile Winnipeg s medical health officer or. M. S. Lougheed said he saw no reason for such action being taken Here As yet. Or. Herbert superintendent of schools reported that his department was keeping in touch with local health depart ments. See Auto taxes Page 7 mishaps claim three lives in Manitoba accidents in Manitoba claimed he lives of three thursday when wide connection e. A. Nanton to head Board Osier follows father in presidential Post election of Edward a. Nanton As Board chairman and of Gordon p. Osier As president of Osier Hammond and Nanton limited Winnipeg investment House was announces Friday. Both Are members of the partnership and were formerly vice presidents of the company. Or. Osier succeeds the late l d. M. Baxter. Ment cause no1? known the jury ruled that the seven government employees came to their deaths Between the hours of 11.30 . And 12.30 july 21. No blame was attached to any one in the crash nor was the jury Able to establish its cause. The last radio report received at Lac Dubonnet prior to the see air crash Page 12 Clear skies to usher in week end Fine weather will feature the Start of the coming week end the Weatherman promised Friday Al though conditions for sunday Are still indefinite. Saturday will Dawn Clear and Bright and during the Day the Mercury is expected to Rise to at a hotel in West Kildonan. Friday a of n is Onan. Ray 4, the acting manager and Barman at i want 1 o the had both been duty the free press the report was news to an earlier report from Elkhorn near the Saskatchewan Border stated a Portage la Prairie Man claimed he had spoken to or. Mcconnell and was informed he was heading for . Portage . Said Friday morning they knew of no further developments in the search since the Elkhorn report was submitted or. Mcconnell 47, was previously described As a possible amnesia East 85 degrees. In the Western part of the province 90 degree gasps air woman after drive Ottawa 19-year-old air woman who fled Rock Cliffe air station at the wheel a fast ambulance was finally stopped by police thursday after an Accident punctuated 85-mile-an Lour Chase to the outskirts of Montreal. A police Bullet in the tire finally threw the big Blue Gray ambulance into a ditch at Strathmore victim. Que., 15 Miles from Montreal after the hysterical Driver evaded Road blocks sideswiped a police car and caused an Accident which police said sent Threa persons to Hospital. Sobbing but unhurt police said the girl identified As air woman Gladys Linda Rochon of Nanaimo ., sat but unhurt behind the Whisel of the the name of d. G. Sutherland ditched ambulance they a Sutherland May oppose Gordon Clown will be entered in the Ward one by election made necessary by the broached. During the Chase police fired at the ambulance with Inch resignation of Aid. Gordon and pistols and five bul Fred g. Thompson an cd Alder jets struck the vehicle Man and spokesman for a group i want to go was All temperatures Are anticipated of Ward one citizens said his group police could get out of the pretty there May be scattered Thundu. Intended to nominate or. Suther showers towards evening however land a consulting Engineer who just what the weather will Ike sunday is still problematical. There is a possibility of some rain a leading part in opposing Power plan c at last april s referendum. A 16-month-old boy drowned in i father s backyard near Steinbach in. Man plunged t his death at Snow eafe mine am an unidentified transient was killed by a train at Wabowden. In addition four persons Wen injured in accidents dead Are Frank Kroeker 16 months of District. Samuel Federowski 26, of Elph Stone. An unidentified Man at Wabowden injured Are James Briwn 4, of 145 Edmon on Street. Mrs. Andrew Houston 46, of 535 Clifton Street in Good condition Misericordia Hospital suffering rom Shock Percy j. Johnson 39, 310 King Idward Street St. James in Good condition in Misericordia Hospital Rith broken ribs and Shock Walter 45, 520 College Jeet St. James his brother in fairly Good condition in Winnipeg eneral Hospital with head injuries. Frank Kroeker son of or. And mrs. Henry Kroeker was found owned thursday evening in a mall drainage ditch in the Back Ard of their farm Home police cd. The ditch was about a foot see mishaps Page 12 crash learing starts Lere tuesday preliminary hearing on a charge f criminal negligence against Rob it Staves 30, of Crookston minn., Driver of the greyhound bus which collided with a truck july 3, idling eight passengers will begin in Roy Uncial police court. Tuesday at 0 . The crash occurred on no. 75 Highway about three Miles South f Norbert a Coroner s jury found that a momentary on the part of. Staves when he dimmed his lights to meet an oncoming or. Nanton has a wide connection with financial circles in West Ern Canada. He is a past presiden of the Winnipeg Stock Exchange vice president of Osier and Nanton Trust company president of seer Ity Freehold Petroleum limited and a director of Calgary and Edmonton corporation limited and North West industries limited o Edmonton. A native of Winnipeg he is the son of sir Augustus m. Nanton a founder of the company. He re see appointments 12 rail disputes can t decide on chairman Ottawa up Arthur Macnamara Deputy labor minister the railway companies and unions representing non operating employees have informed he labor department they cannot agree on a chairman for a. Conciliation Board to investigate a con tract dispute. Or Macnamara said urn depart ment now must name a chair Man to the Board within a week. Paul Smith of Montreal has been appointed by the Canadian Nat onal and Canadian Pacific rail vehicle crash. Was responsible Lor the ways. David Lewis of Toronto he Union appointee. The 13 unions represent some non operating employees of he two companies. They Are ask no for a pay increase of 45 cents an hour Union Security and an escalator clause tying wages to in creases in the Cost of living. 4 bodies reach Shore British flood toll 36 Lynmouth eng. More bodies washed ashore thurs Day bringing to 36 the known dead r missing in last weeks Flash goods in Southwest England. Twenty six bodies have been covered. Ten missing Are pre to 30 persons Are turned dead., another 20 isted As hol dayers who May have teen in the flood area but who have not yet been traced. The Weatherman fears. Air school at Portage opening soon by Shane Mackay the merits and demerits of plan c will be the Issue in the or. Thompson predicted. Aid. Chown monday an i bounced his resignation to j. Effect dec. 31. He supported c and announced prior to the referendum that he would resign if it were to be rejected. Meanwhile it is reported that Aid. Chown is undecided whether to seek re election for the one year remaining in his unexpired term Ottawa special theor whether to run for a two Victoria born blonde who joined the air Force in october 1951, at Vancouver. Her next of Kiri is listed As her father Louis n. Cichon of . No. 2, Nanaimo Quebec provincial police said see Chase Page 7 . Will reopen its flying school at Portage la Prairie Early next month the defence depart ment announced Friday. No. 2 advanced flying school now located at Macdonald Man., will be moved to the Portage site in november. The Transfer will Tate place gradually so that training programs will not be interrupted. Year term. Three other civic election com Mittee aldermen will seek re election this year and if or. Chown decided to run for a two year term it would mean one of the four. Present aldermen would be Defeated. Or. Chown said Friday he would make his decision known next week. The . Colleagues or. Chown would be contesting a two year the new school will be at with if he chooses that Al same Airport As the wartime ele ter native Are Aid. George Sharpe Centary flying training school j g Harvey and Aid. George Portage which operated under the Commonwealth air training scheme rom 1940 to 1942, and which was succeeded by an air navigation school until 1945. The station will be commanded by Wing commander c. W. Bur Gess of port credit ont., a War Ime . Winner who pre ent on the Canadian joint staff in kvas Hington. We. Burgess 37, commanded 426 heavy bomber Squadron overseas during the War. Macleod. Or. Chown. In his first election try last fall demonstrated his ability to get a heavy vote. Aid. Sharpe has headed Ward one polls stadium plans plans for Winnipeg s stadium will be studied with microscopic care when directors of the Winnipeg enterprises Corpora Tion meet shortly. W. Culver Riley president of the Blue bombers and spokesman for the corporation told the free press Friday the meeting would be called to affix signatures to the plans already drawn up. Should there be any dissension regarding the plans placed before the corporation they will be ironed out at the meeting the plans should technically be regarded As tentative until the meeting or. Riley said. Drawn up by Moody and Moore architects the plans have been generally approved and it is be since he first ran for office. It i lived they will be adopted without would thus appear that a for the third seat would develop Between Aid. Harvey Aid. Macleod and the . Candidate. Akenhead handlers to vote on strike port Arth u ,500 Grain handlers at the Lake Ead will vote tuesday on whether o strike to enforce wage demands t was announced last night at a meeting of Lodge 650, elevator division railway National vice president Frank h., Lall of the brotherhood said Nego nations reached e. Stalemate Winnipeg last week. Deny kidnapping Berlin russians thursday rejected As unfounded a . Note charging that communists kidnapped or. Walter Linse Iwest German lawyer and whisked him into Berlin s soviet sector last july 8. Linse was an official of the anti red free jurists league. Of the brotherhood of and steamship clerks at downpour disrupts Montreal traffic Montreal Road and air traffic moved slowly Back o Normal today after a Day Long Ai storm yesterday disrupted the free cellars and aused lengthy Power failures. No one was reported injured. More than three inches of rain Ell As an Early morning drizzle be ame a driving storm after noon. Bridge column Page 4. Comics pages 8, 9. Crossword Puzzle Page 4. Deaths and funerals Page 26. Financial news and commodity markets pages 26, 27. Serial Story Page 17. Society news pages 10, 11. Sports news Papes 14, 15, 16. Read great new the whole Armor starting saturday in the free press a ;